On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:18:53 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

SNIP
Harry,
Is MD considered the North or the South?



Well, that's not such an easy question to answer.

As a Yankee, I consider Maryland a southern state geographically. It is,
after all, just east of Virginia, which no one questions as a southern
state.

But historically, it is a northern state. It was part of the Union
during the Civil War.

Weatherwise, it is near-northern in the winter, and near-southern in the
summer. But we do have four distinct seasons.

North!

I believe that Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon Line, which many
would consider Southern. It was also a slave holding state during the
Civil War even though it stayed in the Union.

Dave Hall